It is always easy to Monday night quarterback, but the use of military response to the release of chemical weapons in Syria should have been done within 24 hours of confirmation of the release.

President Obama could justify the response, referring to the international community and the ban of such weapons. Two strikes are all that would have been needed: One against the Syrian government’s facilities and one against a rebel training or arms facility.

It is now too late to do anything. When one has the power to act and procrastinates and subsequently does nothing but talk, that power now demonstrates weakness.